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(No Model.)

J. OOOHRAN.

PAPER BAG HOLDER.

Patented July 3.1, 1888.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES OOOHRAN, OF GUSTER CITY, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 386,964, dated July3]., 1888.

Application filed September 20, 1887. Serial No. 250,178.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES COCHRAN, of Ouster City, in the county ofCuster and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and ImprovedPaper-Bag Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved holder forconveniently holding in place paper bags used in grocerystores and otherplaces.

The invention consists of a number of U- shaped sections or slidesfitted together and varying in height and width.

The invention also consislsof certain parts, and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described herrinafter, andthen pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of retert-nme indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same when placed against the wall. Fig. 3 is a likeview of the same in position for removiug the paper bags at each end,and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of one of the slides.

My improved bag-holder consists of a number of U shaped sections orslides, A, made in successive sizes to fit the various sizes of paperbags ordinarily used. Each section A is made of one piece of sheet metalor other suitable material, and is provided with the sides B B, eachhaving an outwardlyextending flange, O, at its free end. The sides B Bcontinue into the back D, which is formed with a groove or guide, E, ateaclrend near the sides B B. Said grooves or guides E run parallel withthe flanges C on the side B. The flanges C of one section A fit into thegrooves or guides E of the next following larger section, which is alsosomewhat higher t ban the preceding section,whereby the steps are formedbetween the differentsections,as illustrated in the drawings.

The largest end section or slide A is closed at its front by a straightplate, F, provided at each side with a groove or guide, G, fitting onthe flange (J of the respective larger section A.

(No model.)

The smallest section A is only provided with the flanges O, and thegrooves E are left off,as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The several sections A are fitted together by inserting the flangesOintothc grooves orguides E of the next following larger section,and thelargest end section is provided with the front plate, F, which fits withits grooves G on the flanges O of the largest section. When thus fittedup, I may use my holder in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, inwhich case the holder is set upon a counter or other suitable place, andthe paper bags are placed in the various sections according to theircorresponding sizes. It will be seen that the user of the bags canconveniently remove with his fingers the desired size of paper bag fromthe holder by pulling the bag outward until it leaves the respcctivesection. I may also place the holder in the position shown in Fig. 2, inwhich the sections are placed horizontally, and one end rests against awall, the largest section being placed with its face downward on thecounter.

In this position of the holder the paper bags are removed by pulling thesame forward.

In Fig. 3 I represent my holder as placed in the middle of the counter,and the several sections A are so adjusted as to form steps at each end.The paper bags are held horizontally in the several sections and projectbeyond each end, so that the user is enabled to remove the bags fromeither end of the holder.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A paper-bag holder consisting in the open endsections, A, of increasing size, each formed of a single plate, havingsides B B, flanges O at the outer edges thereof, and grooves E E at theopposite sides of the back and within the plane of the outer surfacethereof, the flanges of one section entering the grooves G at its sides,receiving the flanges of the rear or inner section, substantially as setforth.

JAMES GOOHRAN.

\Vitnesses:

()LIN R. EBEY, ALBION P. SMITH.

